Pull Ups

Locust

Does anyone have any tips for increasing the reps fo my pullups?

I am trying to improve my 'functional' upper body strength in relation to becoming a better climber - I have realised i have been neglecting my back/lats something shocking the past while...

Embarrasingly I can't seem to get past 10 pull ups of my own body weight (about 87kgs) does anyone have any tips, tricks or programs to get me past this plateau?

Inspector Coptoor

Locust wrote: »

Does anyone have any tips for increasing the reps fo my pullups?

I am trying to improve my 'functional' upper body strength in relation to becoming a better climber - I have realised i have been neglecting my back/lats something shocking the past while...

Embarrasingly I can't seem to get past 10 pull ups of my own body weight (about 87kgs) does anyone have any tips, tricks or programs to get me past this plateau?

That's not an embarrassing number by any means.

You either need more volume at body weight, ie do 5 sets of 5 and try to increase to 5 sets of 6 and so on without failing a rep

OR

You could try doing weighted pull ups, either with a DB between your feet or use a weighted best or a dipping belt and do something like 5-8 triples with 5kg added weight, then try to add 1.25kg the next workout and so on.
Again, try not to fail a rep here.

Try that for 4-6 weeks, then go for a max effort at BW & see if you have improved.

Chances are you will have.

Adhamh

Make sure you do them properly- no kipping and a full range of motion, this is the difference between pullups and 'pullups'.

Assuming you're doing them right, do negatives: lower yourself down from the bar extremely slowly, pull yourself up again and lower yourself down again, over the course of 5 seconds. Most people waste the negative portion of the motion, but make sure to include this and you'll be much stronger the next time you attempt to do as many as you can.

gymfreak

I suppose if you've exhausted all your options...and really have nowhere else to go...you could do worse than giving this a whirl:D:P:P


http://jameshanleyie.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/training-bodyweight-exercises/#more-64

Edwardius

I didn't really get much benefit from weighted pullups for increasing BW ones (although everyone's different and all that). If you can do 10 in a max set then do maybe five sets of three or four a day for a month, take a rest day and repeat. Keep reps snappy and easy, avoid failure like a colony of lepers.

Edit, yea what henners said

Kevin Duffy

Locust wrote: »

Does anyone have any tips for increasing the reps fo my pullups?

I am trying to improve my 'functional' upper body strength in relation to becoming a better climber - I have realised i have been neglecting my back/lats something shocking the past while...

Embarrasingly I can't seem to get past 10 pull ups of my own body weight (about 87kgs) does anyone have any tips, tricks or programs to get me past this plateau?

I spent 15 years climbing and training for it. I would question the value of pullups. The movement is so rare on most routes or problems that if you have the ability to do 10 already, then bouldering, campus work (if you have the tendons for it) and working on overhangs will all make a greater contribution to your climbing strength, along with technique gains which are obviously far more beneficial to you..

Mellor

Adhamh wrote: »

Make sure you do them properly- no kipping and a full range of motion, this is the difference between pullups and 'pullups'.

Kipping pull ups and pull-ups are different exercises, not the same exercise done properly and improperly.